Stove



Dec. 24, 1935. A. J. sTENCz-:LL

STOVE Filed June 20, 1933 IIA Patented Dec. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STOVE August John Stencell, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

Application June 20, 1933, Serial No.

2 Claims. (Cl. 21S-37) prevent scorching.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stove with a vertically adjustable burner ele- A further object of the invention is to provide a stove wherein the bare resistance element may To the accomplishment of these and related g 40 objects as shall become apparent as indicate 50 throughout the several views.

In the drawingz- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a conventional electric stove equipped with these vertically adjustable elements;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through a part of the stove showing one possible manner of mounting the burner plate; and

Figure 3 is a similar longitudinal vertical section.

of the heat beyond the conventional and low adjustments ordi` bottom of the cylinder that is constricted by the burner plate ange I can rest.

burner plate I2 a segmental plate leasably receives a spring urged inside of the crank arm J7 so that the gear I5 may be retained in any desired rotative position. A second rod 2I parallels the first rod I 6 and is placed in the same horizontal plane, extending across the stove but on the other side of the toothed rack I4 from the gear I5 to hold the said rack and gear in engagement. A pair of side plates 22 extend across between these rods i6 and 2| one on each side of the engaging rack and gear and are retained in position by collars 23 or. the rods on their outer sides holding said plates against separation or lateral displacemerit. i

As the construction and design of one possible embodiment of the invention has been thus clearly set forth, it should sutiice in conclusion to make but a brief reference to its use and modus operandi: whenever it is felt that the heat from the element is too intense or too concentrated for the cooking undertaken, the element in common with the assembled burner plateis lowered away from the bottom of the cooking utensil until the necessary intervening air space 24 is acquired through which the utensil is heated to the desired degree and evenly across the exposed area of its bottom by virtue of the equalizing effect of the intermediate heat conducting air body.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be manifest that a stove is provided that will fulfill all fthe necessary requirements of such a device but as many changes could be made in the above description and .many apparently widely diierent emb ents of the invention may be constructed within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the said accompanying speciiication and drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitative or restrictive sense. 5

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

1. A stove having a top withan opening therein, an exteriorly flanged cylinder suspended in said opening by its flange, an interior flange on 10 the bottom of said cylinder and a vertically adjustable burner plate in said cylinder confined by said latter iiange. i

2. A stove having a top with an opening therein, a concentric depression around said opening, an l5 exteriorly anged cylinder suspended in said opening by its flange nesting in said depression so that the top of said flange is iiush with the top of the stove, an interior flange constricting the opening in the lower burner plate exteriorly anged at its upper edge adjustable in said cylinder so that it lies ush with the top of the stove in uppermost position and rests by its flange on the interior iiange at the lower end of said cylinder in its lowermost 25 position, and means for raising and lowering said burner plate.

AU UST JOHN STENCELL. [1.. s.] 

